Search results for 'paul rodgers'

News

DUFF MCKAGAN On Seeing AXL ROSE Perform For The First Time: 'I Backed Up When He Came Out On Stage'

GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan was recently interviewed by Henry Rollins (BLACK FLAG, ROLLINS BAND). The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On seeing THE CLASH while growing up in Seattle: Duff: "There was only 100 people in the Seatt...

News

GIBSON Announces Release Of CHRIS CORNELL ES-335 Tribute Guitar

Gibson — the all American-made instrument brand — announced today the worldwide launch of the new, limited-edition Chris Cornell ES-335 Tribute guitar. The Chris Cornell ES 335 Tribute honors the rock legend who has left a modern legacy and contribution to music history that transcends genres. A pre...

News

GLENN HUGHES Says BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Will Record New Album In January 2021

Prior to his performance at the recent Stonedeaf festival in Coddington, United Kingdom, Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) spoke with Tony Heare of Midlands Metalheads Radio. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his...

News

HELLYEAH Guitarist TOM MAXWELL Says VINNIE PAUL Was A 'Kind' And 'Wonderful Human Being'

HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell says that Vinnie Paul Abbott was a "brutally kind" and "wonderful human being." The former PANTERA drummer passed away in June 2018 at the age of 54 in his sleep at his home in Las Vegas. The official cause of death was dilated cardiomyopathy, an enlarged heart, as wel...

News

MYLES KENNEDY On Playing With Members Of LED ZEPPELIN: 'It Was Definitely One Of The Highlights Of My Musical Career'

ALTER BRIDGE and Slash vocalist Myles Kennedy says that his 2008 studio jam with the instrumental members of LED ZEPPELIN was "definitely one of the highlights of [his] musical career." Kennedy rehearsed and wrote music with guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer Jason Bonham over...

News

KISS's GENE SIMMONS Celebrates 70th Birthday Onstage In Saratoga Springs (Video)

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons celebrated his 70th birthday last night (Saturday, August 24) onstage during the band's concert in Saratoga Springs, New York. Fan-filmed video footage of the crowd singing 'Happy Birthday" to the iconic rocker can be seen below. Earlier this year, Simmons — whose...

News

MARTY FRIEDMAN Says It's A 'Huge Misconception' That Metal Is Big In Japan

Guitar legend Marty Friedman (MEGADETH, CACOPHONY) recently spoke with Paul Tadday of Australia's Amnplify. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On moving to Japan: Marty: "It [was] a crazy decision, but it was really something I ju...

News

Watch FOZZY Perform In Uncasville As Support Act For NICKELBACK

FOZZY played the first of two shows as the support act for NICKELBACK this past Thursday (August 22) at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. When FOZZY performed in Canada last November, several concert-goers accused frontman C...

News

KIP WINGER Mourns Death Of Brother NATE WINGER

Nate Winger, brother of WINGER frontman Kip Winger, died earlier today. An official cause of death has not yet been revealed. Kip announced his brother's passing in a social media post. He wrote: "It is with profound sadness that we say goodbye to my beautiful brother Nate. "Nate, I learned so muc...

News

Watch KISS Perform In Hershey, Pennsylvania

Fan-filmed video footage of KISS's August 21 concert at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania can be seen below. KISS frontman Paul Stanley recently spoke to The Sydney Morning Herald about the band's "End Of The Road" farewell tour, which kicked off in January and is expected to last at leas...

News

Watch ALICE COOPER's Entire Camden Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of Alice Cooper's entire August 16 concert at BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey can be seen below. As previously reported, Cooper will release a six-song EP, "Breadcrumbs", on September 13 via earMUSIC. Described as a "tribute to the garage rock heroes from his hometown De...

News

SKINLAB: Making Of New Album 'Venomous' Part Two (Video)

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB have uploaded the second in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of their new album, "Venomous". The disc, which will be released in October via Art Is War Records, was produced and mixed by Ulrich Wild. Also avail...

News

VINNIE PAUL Was 'Always Worried' That He Would Die Prematurely, Says HELLYEAH Guitarist

HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell says that Vinnie Paul Abbott was "always worried" that his life would end prematurely in the years prior to his untimely death. Vinnie Paul passed away in June 2018 at the age of 54 in his sleep at his home in Las Vegas. The official cause of death was dilated cardiomy...

News

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Announces 2019 Winter Tour, 'Christmas Eve And Other Stories'

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA (TSO),the multi-platinum, critically-acclaimed progressive rock group, today announced its highly anticipated winter tour 2019. Returning with all-new staging and effects is the unforgettable show that started it all, "Christmas Eve And Other Stories". TSO's show that start...

News

JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Says K.K. DOWNING 'Looked And Sounded Great' During First Performance In 10 Years

Richie Faulkner says that K.K. Downing "looked and sounded great" when he returned to the live stage earlier this month as a special guest of ex-MANOWAR axeman Ross "The Boss" Friedman. Downing's August 11 appearance at the Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Park, Derbyshire, United Kingdom mark...